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ARCO EBR I
EBR-I museum located outside Atomic City 50 miles west of Idaho Falls | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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Atomic Days parade several years ago | Tara Parsons
atomic days parade
Atomic Days parade several years ago | Tara Parsons

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Marquee above Arco Visitor Center | Courtesy photo
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Borax-III, the reactor used to power Arco in 1955 | Wikipedia
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EBR-I museum | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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EBR-I museum exhibit | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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EBR-I generator used in first light bulb experiment, 1951 | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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INL photo taken from drone | Courtesy INL
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EBR-I control panel | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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Sign for National Reactor Testing Station, the predecessor to INL | Courtesy INL
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EBR-I exhibit replicating first light bulb experiment | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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EBR-I exhibit replicating 4 original light bulbs that were lit with nuclear power for first time in 1951 | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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EBR-I tube light | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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EBR-I sign at entrance of museum | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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Members of the original team that helped create world’s first usable electricity generated by EBR-I to power 4 light bulbs | Courtesy INL
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Walter Zinn, left, and other scientist involved in first light bulb experiment | Courtesy INL
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Light bulb exhibit, EBR-I | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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A scientist involved in EBR-I experiment circa 1951 | INL
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Interior shot of EBR-I circa 1951 | INL
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EBR-I scientist at work around 1951 | INL
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Light bulb exhibit, EBR-I | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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EBR-I museum | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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EBR-I exhibit featuring the signatures of men involved in that first light bulb experiment | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
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EBR-I around 1951 | Courtesy INL

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